#OnThisDay, 1 Aug 1911, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman licensed as a pilot in the US. She goes on to be the first woman to fly across the English Channel the following year.

https://carvehername.org.uk/bessie-coleman-and-other-early-american-aviators/

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